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Thingy Thursday: Catch cards and a confounding crab » P5220021-helmet-crab

Helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus), a hairy crab with five large points on either side of the front of its carapace and a couple more on the back side. Photo: Jeff Adams

Helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus), a hairy crab with five large points on either side of the front of its carapace and a couple more on the back side. Photo: Jeff Adams

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European green crab (Carcinus maenas), notice the five large points on either side of the front of the carapace. Photo: Jeff Adams
Green crab??? Thankfully not. Photo: Len Vandervelden

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